Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-83542 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-83542 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-83542?
- Informational severity, published 5 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-83542?
- Yes: fixed in Apache OFBiz 24.09.08. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-83542 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-83542?
- Check whether you run Apache OFBiz at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: Apache OFBiz 24.09.08
Technical details
This code injection vulnerability exists in OFBiz's widget XML processing and Groovy expression evaluation during screen rendering. An attacker can stage crafted widget XML through a multipart upload and override the mainDecoratorLocation parameter via an unauthenticated JSON request to the manager login route (or the /sfa/control/editPortalPageColumnWidth endpoint), causing the application to load and execute unsandboxed Groovy expressions from the malicious XML. The vulnerability does not require persistence to disk; it exploits the screen loader's live process file descriptor access during upload streaming.
Affected products
- Apache OFBiz 24.09 before 24.09.08
Timeline
- 2026-11-05: disclosed